Cleisthenes of Sicyon — For other figures with the same name as well as for the genus of flounders, see Cleisthenes (disambiguation). Cleisthenes (also Clisthenes or Kleisthenes) was the tyrant of Sicyon from c. 600–570 BC, who aided in the First Sacred War against… … Wikipedia
Cleisthenes (disambiguation) — Cleisthenes can refer to: Cleisthenes, the reformer of ancient Athens. Cleisthenes of Sicyon, the ancient tyrant of Sicyon. Cleisthenes (son of Sibyrtius), an Athenian theoros satirized by Aristophanes Cleisthenes (genus), a genus of flounders.… … Wikipedia
Sicyon — Sicyonian /sis ee oh nee euhn/, adj., n. /sish ee on , sis /, n. an ancient city in S Greece, near Corinth. * * * Ancient city, northern Peloponnese, southern Greece. Located 11 mi (18 km) northwest of Corinth, Sicyon was influential in Greek… … Universalium
Cleisthenes — For other figures with the same name as well as for the genus of flounders, see Cleisthenes (disambiguation). Cleisthenes is known as the father of Athenian democracy . Modern bust, on view at the Ohio Statehouse, Columbus, Ohio. Cleisthenes… … Wikipedia
Sicyon — For the modern municipality, see Sikyona. Sicyon (Σικυών) was an ancient Greek city situated in the northern Peloponnesus between Corinth and Achaea. The king list given by Pausanias [Pausanias 2.5.6 6.7.] comprises twenty four kings, beginning… … Wikipedia
Cleisthenes of Athens — born с 570 BC died с 508 Athenian statesman and chief archon (525–524), regarded as the founder of Athenian democracy. A member of the Alcmaeonid family, he allied himself with the Ecclesia (citizens assembly) in 508 and imposed democratic… … Universalium
Agariste of Sicyon — Agariste (Ancient Greek: Ἀγαρίστη) (fl. 6th century BC, around 560 BC) was the daughter, and possibly the heiress, of the tyrant of Sicyon, Cleisthenes. Her father wanted to marry her to the best of the Hellenes and, subsequently, he organized a… … Wikipedia
ancient Greek civilization — ▪ historical region, Eurasia Introduction the period following Mycenaean civilization, which ended in about 1200 BC, to the death of Alexander the Great, in 323 BC. It was a period of political, philosophical, artistic, and scientific… … Universalium
List of ancient Greeks — This an alphabetical list of ancient Greeks. These include ethnic Greeks and Greek language speakers from Greece and the Mediterranean world up to about 200 AD. compactTOCRelated articles NOTOC A*Acacius of Caesarea bishop of Caesarea… … Wikipedia
First Sacred War — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=First Sacred War date=c. 595 BC ndash; 585 BC place=Mainland Greece result=Destruction of Kirrha and liberation of Delphi. combatant1=Amphictyonic League of Delphi, Sicyon combatant2=Kirrha… … Wikipedia